To listen to a song clip, click any song title that has a speaker icon. Please note that these are referral or affiliate links from which may receive, at no additional cost to you, a commission if you should make any purchases through them. The New York Times remembers Tommy Tucker.ĭisclosure: The following links will take you to various online merchants outside of that sell recordings and other merchandise for the performing artist featured on this page.In 2017, Tommy Tucker's version of "Hi-Heel Sneakers" was inducted into the Blues Foundation Blues Hall of Fame. Tucker's final charting song came in 1965 with "Alimony." This smash was followed later that year by "Long Tall Shorty," which became a minor hit. In 1964, Tucker had his first hit with this classic, which reached #11 on both the R&B and Pop/Rock charts and also made the U.K. "High Heel Sneakers"), an upbeat blues rock & roller which became a hit for Tucker as well as Jose Feliciano, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Ramsey Lewis Trio, and Stevie Wonder. Born Robert Higginbotham in Springfield, Ohio, he is best known for penning the extensively-covered oldies standard, "Hi-Heel Sneakers" (a.k.a. Tommy Tucker (MaJanuary 22, 1982) was an R&B/blues/jazz singer, songwriter, and pianist who became famous during the early 1960s.
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